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Joined August 2011
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Join us on 19 Feb for a post-show conversation with journalist and writer Ruby Lott-Lavigna, exploring ‘Housing and Friendship in the Age of the Bank of Mum and Dad.’ A discussion on money, class, power and what they do to our closest relationships. 🎟️ Ticket link in bio!
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👀This is one of the most shameful attempts to suppress investigative journalism that I have personally experienced, in my 15 years as a reporter. Parliament refused to give me a press pass, claiming it was due to "capacity". But this was not true. I've now obtained internal emails that cite the "particular standpoint" of @declassifiedUK "in-depth investigations" on UK foreign policy. In particular, parliamentary officials referenced a recent story of mine that raised concerns about pro-Israel bias by parliamentary authorities. They also cited my "contentious" book (published 9 years ago), which was not contentious in the slightest and was, in fact, serialised in the Guardian and reviewed positively. The only contentious thing about it was that it was highly critical of... (you guessed it)... parliamentary authorities! @jeremycorbyn @ShockatAdam @EllieChowns @premnsikka and @NUJofficial have all condemned the decision to block @declassifiedUK Parliament is suppressing freedom of press in a manner "worthy of the Trump White House". declassifieduk.org/parliamen…
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NEW: Our investigation reveals former Trump associates are cashing in as the US cuts aid. Lobbyists linked to the Tump administration struck $17 million in deals with fragile states, many trading minerals, military access & more. gwitness.org/461JnNd
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ruby lott-lavigna retweeted
People linked to the Trump administration are making millions in lobbying deals with nations in crisis. From the DRC to Pakistan, countries are offering minerals, military access & more, while US aid is frozen. gwitness.org/40NrPkf
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🔴 Big exclusive leading Hyphen this morning – data from 119 councils shows half didn't greenlight a SINGLE social rent home in Labour's first six months. Some of these councils have waiting lists for social housing well over 10k. Full story here 👇 hyphenonline.com/2025/05/19/…
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BP’s climate u-turn set to cause an extra 72,000 deaths from extreme heat A few weeks ago, BP scrapped its 2030 production target Now our analysis shows the increased emissions from this U-turn will likely cause tens of thousands more heat deaths by 2100 gwitness.org/4jwUyka
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NEW: Landlords in London raised rents by 11.5% in the year to December. Landlords will never regulate themselves. We must build on our wins ending section 21 and continue the fight for rent controls.
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Getting ready for #PMQs with @bbc5live @RubyJLL @TVNaga01 – at Camden Town, London
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This is the current scene outside the Guardian/Observer offices in London as staff strike over the Observer sale
Guardian strike latest: Scott Trust chair Ole Jacob Sunde has offered new assurances over future of The Observer (whilst pressing on with sale) as journalists start 48-hour stoppage.
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🚨BREAKING: COP29 CEO EXPOSED using climate summit to discuss new oil deals Our latest investigation exposes how Azerbaijan were willing to facilitate fossil fuel deals as part of a sponsorship package. 🌍💰 gwitness.org/4fhvXy6
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Fuel duty frozen; bus fares up 50%. All hail the green transition!
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Oh nothing, really Just that the thing that absorbs 25% of all carbon emissions has stopped absorbing carbon emissions theguardian.com/environment/…
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ruby lott-lavigna retweeted
I keep checking our PM’s, the human rights lawyer, Sir Keir Starmer’s twitter, for condemnation of any of the atrocities Israel has committed in the last few days, including the Al Aqsa hospital tent burnings. Nothing. Imagine if it wasn’t Palestinian lives but Israeli’s? Is this the change he promised?
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ruby lott-lavigna retweeted
🇺🇸Extreme heat is killing ordinary Americans. Now storm season threatens hundreds more Ordinary people shouldn't pay for disasters they couldn't prevent. But Big Oil should Write to your Senator and ask them to sign the Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act ⬇️ gwitness.org/4draRM3
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ruby lott-lavigna retweeted
🚨 oil and gas-linked groups are sponsoring a fifth of all climate events at labour conference - and paying £££ to exhibit at the event all while labour uhms and ahs about its manifesto pledge to ban new north sea oil and gas licenses... @Global_Witness globalwitness.org/en/campaig…
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I’ll be popping up on @bbc5live with host @TVNaga01 and fellow guest @RubyJLL in about 10 mins to chew over PMQs. Join us!
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Very grateful for the opportunity to write for @guardianopinion today on my experience of bidding wars, the government's renters rights bill, what's good and what's missing. Apologies to any upstanding letting agents for calling you all 'gormless'. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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BREAKING 🔴 Over 2,000 land and #EnvironmentalDefenders have been murdered since 2012. 196 of these murders occurred in 2023 alone. We demand immediate action to #DefendTheDefenders gwitness.org/3AYVwVH
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There is literally no need at all for Labour to deliver a painful budget in October. There is a massive capacity to increase taxes on wealth. If Labour wanted to borrow they could. And there are people who want good work.
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